University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 2000 · 13 citations · 3 references
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Natural SciencesPhysicsNuclear PhysicsQuantum MechanicsTheoretical PhysicsHadron PhysicsQuantum ChromodynamicsQuantum ConfinementQuantum Field TheoryStrong InteractionSymmetry BreakingChiral Symmetry BreakingDynamical Symmetry BreakingDyson-schwinger EquationsEffective Field Theories In Quantum ChromodynamicsHeavy-quark HadronsNuclear Bound StatesQuark ConfinementWard-takahashi Identity
Continuum strong QCD is the application of models and continuum quantum field theory to the study of phenomena in hadronic physics, which includes; e.g., the spectrum of QCD bound states and their interactions. Herein I provide a Dyson-Schwinger equation perspective, focusing on qualitative aspects of confinement and dynamical chiral symmetry breaking in cold, sparse QCD, and also elucidating consequences of the axial-vector Ward-Takahashi identity and features of the heavy-quark limit.
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